Our Leadership
Kids’ Chance of Mississippi brings together many of the leaders in the workers’ compensation industry to steer the organization and ensure it fulfills its purpose.
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Judge Deneise Lott (President)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission (Retired)
Ray Gustavis (Vice President)
Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A.
H Byron Carter III (Scholarship Chair)
Carter Law Firm
Cora Beth Hartfield (Fundraising Chair)
Mississippi Truck Food & Fuel Self Insured Fund
Wendy Powell (Immediate Past President)
Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers
Judge Jenny Nicaud (Secretary)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Commissioner Beth Harkins
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Amanda Orr
Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe
James Moss, MD
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center
Bryan Nelms
NewSouth NeuroSpine
Richard Self (Treasurer)
Department of Finance and Administration (Retired)
Greg McLemore
Ascot Workers’ Compensation
Lindsay Varnadoe
Morgan & Morgan
Amy Hardin
Eastern Alliance
Ty Pennington
Pennington Vocational Services
Lauren Pierce
Ethix Comp
Judge Megan Garrott
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Arthur Russell
Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association
Molly Staley
Capital Ortho
Joyce Wells
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Paula Harrison
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission